Wheeled cultivator.



A. C. LINDGREN.4

WHEBLED CULTIVATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 9,1909.

Patented sept. 2o, 1910.

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.d -cl @RH/buenos A. C. LINDGREN.

WHBELED CULTIVATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 9, 1909.

Patented Sept 20, 1910.

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WHEBLED oULTlvAToR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1909. 970,514, Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

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A. C. LINDGRBN.

WHEBLBD GULTIVATOR.

PPLIoATIoN FILED JULY e, 1909.

970,5 1 4;., t Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

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LEXUS c. LINDGREN, or MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR To MOLINE PLOW COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WHEELED CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Application filed July 9, 1909.- S'icrial No. 506,697.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALnxUs C. Lixnonnx, of Moline, county of Rock Island, and Stato of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vhceled Cultivators, of

.Wardly with reference to the frame, the purpose being to avoid the objectionable neck weight on the draft animals when the drag bars are'raised at the ends of rows, etc.

The invention consists primarily of imroved mechanism, acting when the drag ars are elevated to raise the cultivating tools out ot' the ground, to simultaneously' move the ground wheels rearwardly so as to counteract the weight ot' the same.

The invention consists also in improved means tor effecting the lateral or sidewise movements of the drag bars, which means are under the control of the drivers feet, so

- that the cultivating tools may be made to follow the deviations in crooked rows.

The Invention consists also 1n Improved means 'for turning the ground wheels around vertical axes as the drag bars are shifted laterally, so that the machine in, its movements will follow the deviations in the rows.

The invention consists also in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine showing the drag bars raised and the ground Wheels shifted rearwardly to balance the frame. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the machine'. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation on the line ft-a of Fig. i?. Fig. Atis a rear elevation of the machine. Fig. is a transverse sectional elevation on dthe line of Fig. 3. i

Referring to the drawings :-l"ne trame ot' the machine comprises two horizontal frame bars 1, connected at their forward ends to a tongueQ, larid at their rear ends to castings or sleeves 3. VVithin'the sleeves is 'loosely mounted, so as to rock therein, an

arched axle-member et. the vertical limbs 5 of which entend loosely In vertical almmg sockets in the rear en( s of Wheel 'carrying brackets (l. These brackets are provided at their lower ends with wheel spindles 7, on. which are mounted ground wheels 8, the construction being such that by the lateral movements ot` the forward ends of the brackets, the wheels will be turned on vertical axes for the purposes to be presently described.

At their forward ends the brackets are ypivoted, by means ot vertical lpivot-bolts 9, between rearwardly extending arms l0 and 10*1 on frames ll, one for each bracket,which frames are connected together by means of a horizontal cross-bar 12 fixed thereto. As a result of this construction, the cross-nar may be shifted transversely, the `frames 1l pivoting on the bolts 9, and the brackets 6 pivoting on the vertical ends of the axle-men1- ber, under which conditions the two brackets will form a parallel motion between the axle and cross-bar, which latter will be maintained at all times at right angles to the line ot' draft. K

13, 13 represent drag bars, there being two in the present instance, each connected at its forward end to a head lflmounted loosely on the cross-bar, in such manner that the heads may be moved endwise thereon to varythe distance between the drag bars. ln order to thus adjust the drag bars laterally and hold them in their adjusted positions, I provide a hand lovdil5, as shown more particularlv in Fig. 7, which is pivotcd on an upright axis, as at 1li, to a sleeve 1T loosely encircling the cross-bar 'l2 and provided with a toothed segment trame 1S, engaged by a locking dogl carried by the lever. 0n the Opposite sides ot its axis, the lever is connected to the heads tt respectively by means ot? links It. so that by the movements ol the lever, the heads will he shifted in opposite directions and the drag bars thus adjusted to aud troni cach other, they being licht in their adjusted positions by means ot the locking dogl on the lever cugaging the toothed segment trame.

'lhe drag bars are suspended aly a point in rear ol their connection with the cross-bar, by means ol' links Qt), the lower ends of which are passed loosely through the drag bars and are provided on their ends with heads engaging the under-sides ot' the bars, spiral springs being applied to the links above theI drag bars and acting to exert a downward yielding pressure thereon. At their upper ends the links are connected with the lower ends of hand levers 21, pivoted, as at 22, to segment frames 23 fixed respectively to the frame bars 1, 1, the. said levers being provided as usual with locking dogs engaging the teeth on the segment frames. By means of these levers the drag bars may be independently raised and lowered and adjusted vertically to control the depth of cut. i'

Themovements of the cross-bar 12 laterally to correspondingly shift the drag bars to follow the rows of lants, is .effected by means of two pendent oot levers 23 and 24, pivoted at their upper ends on horizontal oblique axes between the upper ends of two straps 25, fixed at their lower ends to the frame bars, as shown particularly in Fig. 4. Between their ends the pendent levers are connected by means of outwardly and forwardly extending links 26 respectively with the frames 11 on the ends of the cross-bar 12, as a result of which construction the movements of the foot levers by the feet of the driver outwardly and forwardly, will correspondingly shift the cross-bar 12 endwise, which action will correspondingly shift the two drag bars transversely, and owing to the connection of the cross-bar with the brackets 6, will swivel the latter on the vertical limbs of the axle-member and turn the wheels to the right or left, as the` case may he.

The cross-bar 12, carrying the dragg bars at their forward ends, is maintained normally in the elevated position shown in Fig. l, by means of crank arms Bt), on a rock shaft 3l, mounted in bearings 32 on the frame, the said crank arms extending ontwardly and horizontally through fore and aft slots 33 in the frames ll respectively. In the elevated position of the cross-bar. as shown in Fig. l, the two brackets ti will extend horizontally forward and will maintain the arched axle #1- with its end limbs extending vertically. By rocking the shaft` 31 forwardly, the crank arms thereon will be swung downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, and engaging in the slots in the frames l1, the latter and the cross-bar 12 carried thereby, will be depressed, which action will depress the forward ends of the brackets 6 and cause the vertical limbs of the. arched axle to move rearwardly, thereby correspondingly shift-ing the ground wheels rearwardly with reference to the frame. As the cross-bar is by this action depressed, the forward ends of the drag bars will be carried downward with it, and the rear ends will be raised, the drag bars fulcruming in this movement on the points where the suspending links 20 engage therewith. The rocking motion of the shaft 3l is effected by means of a hand lever connccted to one of the crank arms of the shaft and provided with a locking dog '3G adapted to cngage either of two notches 3T in a segment frame 38 fixed to the frame of the machine, from which construction `the cross-bar may be locked in its elevated position, as shown in Fig. l, or in its lowered depressed position, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be observed that in the ele "ating movement of the drag bars in unison, whcn the support at their forward ends is depressed,y the drag bars move on fulcrums about midway between their ends, as represented by the points of connection of the suspending linkswith the drag bars. As a result, the hoes or cultivating tools in entering the ground move in arcs of shorter radii than if the drag bars were pivoted at their forward ends, and consequently the tools will enter the ground more readily.

It. is seen, therefore, that the drag bars may be raised in unison by the forward motion of hand lever 35, and that this action will shift the ground. wheels rearwardly with reference to the frame, with the result that the weight of the drag bars will Ibe connteracted and the draft animals will thus 4\be relieved ofthe objectionable neck weight of .thc tongue, present.

"hile in the accompanying drawinGs I have illustrated thedetails of the mec an' ism which in act'iiipractice has been found to answer satisfactorily the objects and ends to be attained, l wish to be understood thatl the invention is not limited to any particular form or arrangement of the parts -except so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is v l. In a cultivator, the combination of a main frame, brackets pivotally vmounted on the main frame on a horizontal axis and extending forwardly, a drag bar support carried by the brackets in advance of their pivotal axes and movable bodily wit-h said brackets in their pivotal motions, drag bars mounted on said support and extendin rearwardly, ground wheel spindles carrie by thebrackets in rear of the drag bar support and below the pivotal axes of the brackets, and means for rocking the brackets on their axes; whereby the said spindles and the said drag bar support will be caused to move about a common axis.

2. In la cultivator, the combination of ya main frame, ground wheel spindles movable rearwardly with reference. to the frame to balance the machine, a drag bar support movable downwardly, drag bars carried at their forward ends by the support, means for suspending the drag bars from the frame in rear of their connection with the support, connections between the drag bar support which would otherwise be sov and Wheel spindles to cause the latter to move rearwardly as the support, is depressed, and means for depressing the support.

3. In a eultivator, the combination of the main frame, a drag bar support mounted on the main frame and movable about a horizontal transverse axis, drag bars connected at their forward ends to said support, suspending devices sustained at their upper ends by the main frame and connected at their lower ends to said drag bars respectively and between the ends ot the dra g bars, means for adjusting said suspending devices independently to correspondingly adjust the drag bars and vary the depth o't' penetrai tion of the cultivating` appliances, and

means for shifting therdragr bar support about its axis; whereby the drag bar s may be raised .in ,unison at their rear ends to elevatethe cultivating appliane s, or said bars may be ad'usted lvertically inde drag i pendently of each other.

4. In a cultivator, the combination of the mam frame, an arched axle member mount` ed therein and movable around a horizontal Itransverse axis, brackets couneettal with the yextremities of the axle member` a transverse drag bar support connected i with said brackets, drag bars carried b v the support, and means for depressing the support.

5. In a eultivator, the con'ibination ot' the main frame, an arched ,axle member mount ed therein, and rotatable on a horizontal transverse axis, brackets mounted on the extremities of the axle member and movable 0n vertical axes, ground wheels carried by the brackets, a transverse drag bar support pivotally` connected with the braeltets on .vertiea1.axes, drag bars carried by the support, means for depressing the support;

`thereby the axle member will be rocked tearwardly, and means for shifting the supt port transversely; whtaeby the ground wheels will be turned laterally.

(i. In a eultivator. the combination ofa frame, ground wheel spindles shit'tahle back and forth with reference thereto, a plurality of drag' bars, two distinct movable supports connecting said guide bars with the frame, one of said sluiports pivotally engaging the dragr bars at, intermediate points thereof, and the other support pivotally connected with the forward ends of the drag bars, means for raising said intermediate support. whereby the bars will be rocked on their forward support, meansfor depressiner said forward support, whereby the bars` will he rocked on their intermediate support, and connections between the forward support and the `ground wheel spindles; whereby on the depression of the forward support, the drag bars will be ele vvated at their rear ends and lsimultaneously the ground wheels will vbe shifted to the rear,

7. In a eultiivator, the coli1l)ii1:iiio11 ot' a supporting fratrie, a swingingaxle frame fulcrumed therein, ground wheel spindles mounted on said swinging Vframe below the fulerum thereof, a drag` bar support located above and forward o l said spindlesand sustained by said swinging axle frame, Vwhereby a downward movement of said support will be accompanied byva eorrespondingr rearward movement of said spindles, dragbars pivoted to said support, means 'for depress ing said support, and an adjustable suspension .devire for connecting the `free ends of said bars with said supporting frame.

In testimony whereof lA hereunto set my hand this itlth day of June, 190), in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

ALEXUS (l. IdNDtlllllN.

Witnesses:

Il. (l. BmNmNu, W. V. litten/nies.

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